Artist Bio
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Margie studied painting, printmaking and sculpture along with biology and chemistry to earn her BA in Fine Arts from Wake Forest University. She followed her love for art and science and continued her studies to earn a Masters Degree as a Medical Illustrator from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas. For 15 years she created medical illustrations for magazines, pharmaceutical ads, legal exhibits and textbooks. With the illustration work Margie enjoyed taking abstract science concepts and communicating them in an editorial format. In recent years her interest shifted to abstract art where she focuses her training with color, layers and texture to communicate emotions, time and space.
Margie’s art shares an emphasis on intuition and process. She uses traditional and non-traditional tools to make marks, explore and interact with the materials on the canvas, adding and subtracting layers with paint, paper, sanding and scraping. This process of moving between intuition and logic allows her to discover order from the chaos of creation. It is often the discovery of the unexpected that communicates clarity in her art. |
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Education
Mentoring and Musing with Diane Williams, April 2020-Present.
Jenny Nelson's Exploring Abstraction, June 2020.
Monumental Painting, Diane Williams and Chuck Potter with Jen Tough Gallery, January 2020.
Art2life Creative Visionary Program with Nicholas Wilton, May 2019 - Present.
Project ONLINE with Suzanne Jacquot, March - June 2019.
Art2life Academy with Nicholas Wilton, October 2018 - Present.
Paint Big! workshop with Suzanne Jacquot and Julie Schumer, Santa Fe, NM, September 2018
3 Day Cut Loose, Get Wild Abstract Art Workshop with Suzanne Jacquot and Julie Schumer, Marin MOCA, 2018
The Artist's Journey and Studio Journey workshops with Nancy Hillis, Abstract Artist, Santa Cruz, CA, 2016 - Present
Studied with Marianne Brown, Abstract Artist, Moraga, CA, 2011 - 2017
University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas
MA in Biomedical Communications, 1987
Wake Forest University
BA in Fine Arts, 1984
Jenny Nelson's Exploring Abstraction, June 2020.
Monumental Painting, Diane Williams and Chuck Potter with Jen Tough Gallery, January 2020.
Art2life Creative Visionary Program with Nicholas Wilton, May 2019 - Present.
Project ONLINE with Suzanne Jacquot, March - June 2019.
Art2life Academy with Nicholas Wilton, October 2018 - Present.
Paint Big! workshop with Suzanne Jacquot and Julie Schumer, Santa Fe, NM, September 2018
3 Day Cut Loose, Get Wild Abstract Art Workshop with Suzanne Jacquot and Julie Schumer, Marin MOCA, 2018
The Artist's Journey and Studio Journey workshops with Nancy Hillis, Abstract Artist, Santa Cruz, CA, 2016 - Present
Studied with Marianne Brown, Abstract Artist, Moraga, CA, 2011 - 2017
University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas
MA in Biomedical Communications, 1987
Wake Forest University
BA in Fine Arts, 1984
Professional Affiliations
The Artist Alliance with Jen Tough
Art2Life Academy
Lamorinda Arts Alliance
Past Board Member for the Association of Medical Illustrators
Art2Life Academy
Lamorinda Arts Alliance
Past Board Member for the Association of Medical Illustrators